The Rake

Letter from the Editor

was the first Bond movie I saw at its release. I was beneath the age threshold that the British Board of Film Classification deemed appropriate for viewing — too naïve and public-schooled to understand the pun ‘Onatopp’ — but it was riveting stuff. I was sold on the Bond idea, the suavity, the sophistication, the shooting; a gentleman assassin was right up my alley. In fact, one of the great

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